tim_h
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I'm hoping to tap into the wealth of knowledge on here, I am trying to get this (blue) ellipse to "revolve cut" my solid and i'm not having any luck... I may be missing something simple here... I have tried half and one quarter of the ellipse. Picking the vertical "Z" line as the axis rotation. The ellipse was created as ARCs... The ellipse will end up being a plated mirror finish. Thanks for your help !
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XFORM / TRANSLATE ?? My mistake.. As Frozen stated its : TOOLPATH / TRANSFORM
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To answer your question on WCS and T &C planes, yes.
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same here, no issues yet... It was a cheap $6 hub so i'm not expecting it to last real long.
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CORNER RADIUS.mcx-9 THANKS FOR LOOKING !
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This one area i'm not real happy with... I don't want to pull this apart surface by surface.
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My biggest hurdle is that I know smoother tool paths are possible, i just don't know the best way to get MCX to do it. It would be great to do it without a ton of geometry creation... I work in a programming dept of one. So I really appreciate the help that I get here !! Here is what i'm going with. It's a combination of Flowline, Water line, and Raster(for leftover cusps). I don't think I can share. It's aluminum. Finish is not specified.
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It was a WHOLE LOT EASIER when I had Power-Mill for this kind of cornering... We are only making 8 pcs. Repeat job... maybe Lots of different ways to do this, yes. We have multi-axis available, i just haven't explored using it much. Thanks for the input fellas'
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My Pencil paths are not coming out very well... They are cutting perpendicular to the corner radius instead of along the corner... and cutting up the side walls. (Bitangency angle maybe?) Definitely some room for learning / improvement...
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I will give a try.. Thanks JP
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I'm looking for suggestions on the best methods to finish cut these corner radius'. I've been experimenting with "Flowline" and "Waterline REST" referencing to a stock model. So far I haven't come up with the greatest looking toolpaths. This is on a Horz, rotating so flat areas can be faced milled. Part is oriented long in Y axis. I am thinking I may follow prior suggestions to create surfaces and use flowline toolpaths. It appears to be very tedious however. I was hoping for an EASY BUTTON here... Any suggestions ? THANKS !
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email sent... THANKS
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What a great opportunity to help out those in need and learn about post processors !
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I was just looking at it today... For a reference on Dynamic milling titanium. Good info on there...
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I have had pretty good luck with using STOCK MODELS that are created using TOP plane only. No matter what other planes i'm using for toolpaths. Sometimes I have several of them as I move around the part... (3+2) I get better "REST" toolpaths that way. AND it's much easier to VERIFY from a specific stock model at a certain point in the cutting process... I think it was JParis that shed some light on this for me a while back... THANKS for that
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Is it possible to use this function to change the color of certain radii across the entire model ?
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I haven't used Viewsheets yet. And I do a fair amount of 4 and 5 axis (3+2) programming. I would like to see this in action. Does anyone have a sample file they could share ? thanks
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What plane did you use to create your STL vs. the plane you want to use as stock ?? same or different ??
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It doesn't seem logical to have a contour "ramp" toolpath then to set it to plunge... but IT WORKS !
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I keep getting this. PK ERROR CODE 547 NON-MANIFOLD BODY OR BOUNDARY
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That is what I am working on now. I have narrowed it down to one Extrude cut Operation... Not sure why MCX doesn't like that one. Something must be wrong with the wire frame I am using to cut with...
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After re-opening my file my Model went all dirty... Is there anything I can do to recover my work ?
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Thanks for the heads up !!
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For me... This turned my x9 right click menu into toolbars... It also loaded my x9 toolbars. BUT if you go into customize/context menu, it APPEARS correct. But when I use the right click it comes up with the default options...
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I am only seeing Design in my drop menu...that's all Is anyone else having the graphics screen go black when your mouse hovers over the Gnomon in the bottom left corner ?? The Auto cursor Config (the gear) button isn't operational for me, its grayed out.(Got it. You have to be in a Analyze Function)
